May 30, 2003
Students Oppose Ohio State's Plan to Put Dissertations Online
Some graduate students at Ohio State University at Columbus are resisting a new policy requiring them to submit their doctoral dissertations electronically for posting online. The students say they are worried that the works might not be published in print if they have already appeared on the Web.
Ohio State instituted the policy last fall. Archiving the dissertations online saves space in the library, officials say. They add that online dissertations are likely to be seen by more
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